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March 2, 2023

MAYOR ADAMS UNVEILS AMBITIOUS MENTAL HEALTH AGENDA FOCUSED ON IMPROVING FAMILY AND CHILD MENTAL HEALTH, ADDRESSING OVERDOSE CRISIS, AND EXPANDING SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS SUPPORT

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February 7, 2023

Testimony of Jason Hansman Regarding Mental Health Involuntary Removals and Mayor Adams’ Recently Announced Plan

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December 9, 2022

Mayor Adams Announces Plan to Provide Care for Individuals Suffering From Untreated Severe Mental Illness Across NYC

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July 18, 2022

Mayor Adams Announces City Expansion of Mental Health Helpline NYC Well, Strengthening Foundation for Federal 988 Crisis Line

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July 13, 2022

Mayor Adams Opens New, Innovative Behavioral Health Facility for New Yorkers Experiencing Mental Illness

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July 11, 2022

Mayor Adams Appoints Eva Wong as Director of Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health, Brian Stettin as Senior Advisor for Severe Mental Illness

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May 31, 2022

City Launches New Mental Health Treatment Pilot ‘Connect’

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April 8, 2022

News 12: B-HEARD program launches in South Bronx to combat mental health crises

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April 8, 2022

WNYC: The city is expanding a program that diverts some mental health emergency calls from police to social workers and medics

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March 17, 2022

CBS: NYC expanding B-HEARD mental health teams to parts of Manhattan and South Bronx

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February 18, 2022

Mayor Adams Releases Subway Safety Plan, Says Safe Subway is Prerequisite For New York City’s Recovery

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January 4, 2022

Daily News: Letter to the Editor from Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health Director Susan Herman

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December 22, 2021

Mayor de Blasio signs legislation to codify the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health in New York City Charter

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December 21, 2021

A Recovery for All of Us: The Academy for Community Behavioral Health expands offerings to build behavioral health capacity of thousands of social service providers

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December 13, 2021

Gotham Gazette: Taking Mental Health Care in New York City to the Next Level

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November 17, 2021

Testimony of Susan Herman before the New York City Council Committee on Veterans and Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addictions

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October 6, 2021

News 12: Mott Haven clubhouse offers services, resources to New Yorkers struggling with mental illness

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October 6, 2021

CBS New York: NYC’s Mental Health Clubhouses Proving To Be Valuable Resource For Those Suffering From COVID-Related Issues

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October 1, 2021

Watch: OCMH Director Susan Herman and other leaders discuss mental health for vulnerable New Yorkers at City & State Summit

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September 30, 2021

Pix11: NYC launches free mental health resources for nightlife workers

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September 23, 2021

A Recovery for All of Us: NYC Office of Nightlife, Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health, and Backline Care Announce Elevate: Nightlife Mental Health Initiative

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September 21, 2021

Testimony of Susan Herman on the City’s investment in expanding services for New Yorkers with serious mental illness

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August 23, 2021

Bronx Times: Op-ed: In the Bronx, mental health support is all around you

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July 26, 2021

NY Daily News Editorial: Policing mental illness: What to make of the first month of an NYPD pilot

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July 26, 2021

NY1: 911 mental health response teams show promise, city says

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July 26, 2021

NPR: Mental Health Response Teams Yield Better Outcomes Than Police In NYC, Data Shows

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July 23, 2021

USA Today: NYC is sending social workers instead of police to some 911 calls. Here’s how it’s going.

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July 22, 2021

Bloomberg: NYC’s Mental Health Emergency Response Pilot Shows Promise in Early Data

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July 22, 2021

NBC New York: NYC’s Non-Police Mental Health Pilot Increasing Rate of Those Getting Aid, Data Show

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July 22, 2021

NY Daily News: NYPD-free mental health emergency response teams plans to expand

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June 9, 2021

Gotham Gazette: Letter to the Editor: Keeping 911 in the City’s mental health emergency response

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May 28, 2021

NBC New York: NYC Readies to Send Social Workers Into Uncharted Territory — 911 Mental Health Calls

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May 6, 2021

A recovery for all of us: Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health, NYC Department of Education, NYC Department of Health, The Jed Foundation, and Ogilvy Health launch “Let’s Talk NYC” campaign to support mental health of high school students

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April 29, 2021

A recovery for all of us: Mayor de Blasio, First Lady McCray announce mental health for all

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April 28, 2021

A recovery for all of us: Mayor de Blasio announces new programs to support New Yorkers experiencing serious mental illness

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April 20, 2021

Watch: ThriveNYC’s Susan Herman and other leaders discuss mental health at City & State Summit

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April 14, 2021

Gotham Gazette: As New Yorkers face a mental health crisis, we can’t afford to lose the resources ThriveNYC provides

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April 13, 2021

Gotham Gazette: As New Yorkers Face a Mental Health Crisis, We Can’t Afford to Lose the Resources ThriveNYC Provides

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March 30, 2021

ThriveNYC, NYC Department of Youth & Community Development Bring Mental Health Outreach and Support to Cornerstone Programs in NYCHA Community Centers 

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March 18, 2021

A recovery for all of us: Mayor de Blasio announces expansion of tele-mental health services to address disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color

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March 3, 2021

NY1: De Blasio administration briefs City Council on mental health response pilot program 

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March 3, 2021

NBC New York: NYC to test no-police mental health crisis response in Harlem

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March 3, 2021

NY1: Emergency mental health pilot program to launch this spring in Harlem and East Harlem

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February 22, 2021

Testimony of Susan Herman on the City’s progress on and plans to continue strengthening mental health crisis prevention and response

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February 3, 2021

QNS: In Queens, mental health support is all around you

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January 12, 2021

New York City announces winners of civic tech competition to improve and protect mental health of Latinx youth in Upper Manhattan

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January 5, 2021

Gotham Gazette: This holiday season, mental health support is here for New Yorkers

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November 30, 2020

Following increased levels of contact during the COVID-19 pandemic, NYC Well has responded to over 1 million calls, texts, and chats

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November 10, 2020

USA Today: Pilot program will replace NYPD for mental health 911 calls in 2 neighborhoods

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November 10, 2020

Associated Press: Mental health workers to take lead in some NYC 911 calls 

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November 10, 2020

New York City announces new mental health teams to respond to mental health crises

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November 4, 2020

NBC New York: NYC announces new initiative to address students’ mental health

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November 4, 2020

amNY: City launches initiative to help students’ mental health during the pandemic

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October 30, 2020

NY1: There were 8,000 fewer 911 Calls regarding people in a mental health crisis last year

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October 22, 2020

Mayor de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray announce expansion of mental health support for students in neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19  

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July 27, 2020

Smart Cities Dive: New ThriveNYC data dashboard illustrates mental healthcare inequities

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June 5, 2020

City & State’s webinar series: New York’s other crisis during coronavirus pandemic: mental health

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June 4, 2020

City & State: ThriveNYC director reaches out to isolated New Yorkers

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May 22, 2020

New York City Department of Veterans’ Services and the Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC announce Mission: VetCheck to support veterans during the COVID-19 crisis

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May 11, 2020

Smart Cities Dive: As anxiety rises, cities adapt mental health services on the fly

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March 6, 2020

Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC announces Communities Thrive, bringing tele-mental health services to New Yorkers in need

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February 27, 2020

New York City launches two Civic Tech Competitions to strengthen tenant protection rights and mental health access in Upper Manhattan

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February 19, 2020

City announces opening of the East Harlem Support and Connection Center, with Bronx Center to open later this winter

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January 31, 2020

Redesigned Mental Health Service Corps launches, bringing more mental health support to historically underserved neighborhoods across New York City

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December 23, 2019

More care, more support: City unveils public safety and public health reforms

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December 5, 2019

Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC announces new partnership with New York Public Library, connecting library patrons to mental health resources

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November 1, 2019

Daily News: On mental illness, we’re up to the challenge: ThriveNYC is responding properly and adapting, argues its director

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October 21, 2019

Mayor de Blasio, First Lady McCray and City Council Members announce $37 million annual investment in new strategies to address serious mental illness

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October 11, 2019

Safe and healthy City: Mayor de Blasio orders 30 Day review of intensive mental health intervention programs

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September 6, 2019

City expanding successful Jobs-plus program to thousands more NYCHA residents, offering new on-site mental health services

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August 19, 2019

Medium: Thrive’s commitment to the NYPD is unbreakable

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August 5, 2019

AJPH: ThriveNYC: delivering on mental health

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August 2, 2019

QNS: DFTA, Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC honor friendly visiting volunteers

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July 17, 2019

Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC announces first major changes since becoming mayoral office

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June 28, 2019

Gotham Gazette: ThriveNYC to implement new performance tracking system focused on outcomes

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June 20, 2019

Mayor de Blasio, First Lady McCray, and Chancellor Carranza, announce major expansion of social-emotional learning and restorative justice across all city schools

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May 7, 2019

Gotham Gazette: Where we work, ThriveNYC is helping families and getting homeless children to school

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March 26, 2019

Testimony of Susan Herman at ThriveNYC’s 2019 budget hearing

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March 18, 2019

The Hill: Striving for steady progress is key to lasting change in fight for mental health equity

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March 12, 2019

NY1 Inside City Hall: Susan Herman, Senior Advisor to Mayor and Director, ThriveNYC interviews with Errol Louis

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February 28, 2019

Medium: ThriveNYC: reimagining a mental health care system for everyone

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February 27, 2019

Testimony of Susan Herman at ThriveNYC’s 2019 oversight hearing

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January 17, 2019

First Lady McCray announces creation of Office of ThriveNYC to strengthen mental health citywide

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November 23, 2015

Mayor de Blasio, First Lady McCray release ThriveNYC: A mental health roadmap for all